Single Keystroke Nearly Self-Destructs Unmanned Navy Copter

An MQ-8B Fire Scout onboard the USS McInerney.

An unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout helicopter can launch by itself, fly by itself -- and with a single slip, can nearly blow up by itself.

According to a June 24 report from the Defense Department's director of operational test and evaluation, the critical error came when the drone's operator accidentally pressed the spacebar with a wire from his headset -- launching the self-destruct mechanism on the vehicle.

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